Anyone else?
Apparently it's not unheard of when there is lots of rain. https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/sydney-water-reveals-reason-metro-households-are-reporting-funky-tasting-tap-water/news-story/20364e971f104eaeb7a2a0a7e58ec8e5 (anyone got some non-Murdoch sources?)
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redlemace@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Depends. How do you get your water??
Not in Australia, but: I have my own waterwell (just a 4 meter deep hole in the ground) and learned that water tastes different nearly each day. A little rain, no rain, heavy rain, long showers or short, the length of periods between the rain's ..... it all has an impact on the taste. For what I know, it's more constant if you get your water from greater depths. That's probably why a water company (who often use larger reservoirs on greater depths) have a more constant taste. that and usually a lot of water treatment.
WaterWaiver@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Plumbed from Sydney Water, in the burbs.
makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
I've traveled a lot of Australia, and I have a small water filter that I take with me everywhere, because there are many many town's water that taste like earth, or dirt, or dusty.
WaterWaiver@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
I also find the water in other places weird. I wonder if my tapwater normally reeks of something awful and I can't tell because I grew up on it, a bit like how you get used to smells and can't detect them any more.
Shots fired.
TammyTobacco@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Ph might be out of balance
WaterWaiver@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 1y
I'll give it a strip. Could be interesting.